Israeli forces raided the compound on Friday, forcibly evacuating all remaining patients and staff. The Israel Defense Forces said it detained 240 alleged militants, among them hospital director Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya. The IDF said the hospital was a "command center" for Hamas "military operations" in the surrounding area.

Israel intercepts missile from Yemen Baerbock in Syria for talks with new government after Assad overthrown Israeli airstrikes target Syrian military facilities near Aleppo Renewed ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar.

Dec. 21, a ballistic missile fired from the Iranian-backed Houthis rebels in Yemen landed between two high-rise apartment buildings in southern Tel Aviv. The explosion blew out windows in surrounding apartments,

She spent 49 days in captivity and was freed in late November 2023. Shortly after Katzir was freed, her daughter told Israeli media that she had been hospitalized with heart issues attributed to “difficult conditions and starvation” while she was held captive.